Purdue's Braden Smith led the Boilermakers with 14 points, 15 assists and eight rebounds in the win against Gonzaga.
This is what they do to you. You spend all week thinking about , the behemoth, the unmovable force. You think about how Purdue will run its elite offense through the hands and the mind of the 7-foot-4 center. You think about how to keep him off the glass and how to shoot over and around him. Advertisement And then comes out and puts together an all-time Purdue performance to script another win and end your season. Smith, a sophomore guard from Westfield, Ind.
A breezy 27 points and 14 rebounds came against single coverage, double teams, triple teams and everything else Gonzaga could muster. Edey spent the night in the throes of a night-long battle with Gonzaga center that looked to have enough juice to go all 40 minutes. But then Edey kept coming. And Graham watched the close of the night from the bench, out of options. It wasn’t always the case.
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